Pax Romana Research Paper
The Pax Romana
Great kings brought peace to Rome.
The Pax Romana also called Pax Augusta is the long period of relative peace in the Roman Empire established by Caesar Augustus in the first two centuries AD after the Civil War was over when he defeated Mark Antony in the battle of Actium. The term "Pax Romana" means Roman Peace in latin, though the word "pax" means also "treaty" or "accord". The concept was first described by Edward Gibbon in chapter two of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, he proposed a period of moderation under Augustus and his successors.
The Pax Romana began with the ascension of Augustus, in 27BC which marked the end of the Roman Republic and it ended in 180AD at the death of Marcus Aurelius. There were five emperors that ruled during this period more well known as The Five Good Emperors, Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius and Marcus Aurelius all from the Antony Dynasty. Nevertheless the peace did not start immediately because the fighting continued in Spain and the Alps. The Pax Romana was not immediate, despite the end of the Civil War, because fighting continued in Spain and in the Alps. Nevertheless, Augustus closed the Gates of Janus (the Roman ceremony to mark world peace) three times, first in 29 BC and again in 25 BC, the third time was not very well documented but Inez Scott Ryberg and Gaius Stern dated the third closure to 13BC. …show more content…
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Great kings brought peace to Rome.
The Pax Romana also called Pax Augusta is the long period of relative peace in the Roman Empire established by Caesar Augustus in the first two centuries AD after the Civil War was over when he defeated Mark Antony in the battle of Actium. The term "Pax Romana" means Roman Peace in latin, though the word "pax" means also "treaty" or "accord". The concept was first described by Edward Gibbon in chapter two of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, he proposed a period of moderation under Augustus and his successors.
The Pax Romana began with the ascension of Augustus, in 27BC which marked the end of the Roman Republic and it ended in 180AD at the death of Marcus Aurelius. There were five emperors that ruled during this period more well known as The Five Good Emperors, Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius and Marcus Aurelius all from the Antony Dynasty. Nevertheless the peace did not start immediately because the fighting continued in Spain and the Alps. The Pax Romana was not immediate, despite the end of the Civil War, because fighting continued in Spain and in the Alps. Nevertheless, Augustus closed the Gates of Janus (the Roman ceremony to mark world peace) three times, first in 29 BC and again in 25 BC, the third time was not very well documented but Inez Scott Ryberg and Gaius Stern dated the third closure to 13BC. …show more content…
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